GHS Class of 2023's calm nature tested during a stormy graduation ceremony

Emilia Cardona, Gardner News
Updated ·3 min read

The Gardner High School graduating class of 2023 are known for being easygoing and during their graduation ceremony the weather put their mellow attitudes to the test.

Rain clouds, strong winds, and 50-degree weather did not stop the 104 Gardner High grads this Saturday, June 3 from walking across the stage. Family members and friends were prepared with towels, raincoats and umbrellas to cheer on their grads from the wet metal bleachers.

Abigail Lemieux, the senior class vice president, welcomed everyone with an opening speech that reflected on her time at Gardner High School. Gardner High's graduation ceremony was on Saturday, June 3.
Abigail Lemieux, the senior class vice president, welcomed everyone with an opening speech that reflected on her time at Gardner High School. Gardner High's graduation ceremony was on Saturday, June 3.

During Principal Paula Bolger speech to the graduating class, she described the class personality as friendly, calm and full of kindness. She said that during ceremony rehearsal at the school gym it was so quiet even though there were 104 young adults in the room.

Bolger said this year's graduating class is so kind that they asked her for permission to do their senior prank. A group of seniors taped a few orange traffic cones on the roof, and it took the school facilities staff a week to remove them she said.

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Senior Class President Mackinsey Leblanc observed in her speech that although her class spent some of freshman year fully online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they still were able to make memories during their high school career. The Class of 2023 is the last class to have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic during their high school careers.

Out of the 104 graduates 17 were members in the National Honor Society, two were in the Advanced Placement Academy, 21 students were in the Early College Academy, and five graduates did the Healthcare Opportunities Program.

Here are GHS Class of 2023 graduates:

  • Mackinsey Lisa Leblanc (Senior Class President)

  • Ellen Josephine Brooks (Senior Class Secretary)

  • Kaylee Madison Bettez (Valedictorian)

  • Jason Andrew Abbott

  • Hannah Elizabeth Aielloe

  • Jamari Ethan Andrews

  • Jesus Manuel Arizmendi Nogueras

  • Jarel Alejandro Arroyo

  • Joel Agyei Asamoah

  • Elsie Nair Ayala Santiago

  • Leomar Ayala-Fuentes

  • Abigail Jane Lemieux (Senior Class Vice President)

  • Ivy Lin (Senior Class Secretary)

  • Lydia Ann LeBlanc (Salutatorian)

  • Adam Albert Baldwin

  • Connor Hayden Bastarache

  • Jaden Joseph Beauregard

  • Marques Anthony Beauregard

  • Amelia Mildred Blum

  • Samuel John Bollous

  • Sam Ann Boudreau

  • Trevor John Boudreau

  • Charles Randolph Bragdon

  • Shauna Hellen Brierly

  • Douglas Spencer Bryan

  • Katrina Amber Bullock

  • Loumarie Cabrera Ortega

  • Elvis Andres Camejo-Larrosa

  • Melinda Grace Carrasquillo

  • Ava Dorothy Casavant

  • April Sara Ann Chamberland

  • Justin Marc Chipman

  • Dominic Steven Christian

  • Clayton Michael Clarke

  • Jaiynessa Maree Cochran

  • Isaac Luis Collazo

  • Loecis Dariel Colon Medina

  • Natalie Marie Cooper

  • Sophia Marie Cormier

  • Alex-Andria Catherine Craigen

  • Brandon Jacob Darby

  • Massimo Nicholas Di Vito

  • Yessenia Duran

  • Yessica Duran

  • Kylee Nikkole Emslie

  • Joanelys Escudero

  • Connor Michael Flake

  • Julian Rachel Flynn

  • Mikhail Richard Gelineau

  • Karen Micheli Gomez

  • Rozeli Maya Gonzalez

  • Chadege Dava Goodman

  • Hannah Gloria Goss

  • Kaylynn Deborah Gray

  • Sky Eleanor Green

  • David Laurence Haley

  • Jacob Richard Harmon

  • Omar Jose Hernandez Gutierrez

  • Monae Olivia Hicks

  • Sonya Marie Howell

  • Renata Martins Inacio

  • Ziveay Du'mar Jones

  • Ashley Madison Kick

  • Tiana Marie Kowaleski

  • Sophia Brady LaFreniere

  • Bradley Joseph Landry

  • Elizabeth Ciara Laprise

  • Hailey Rose Lawrence

  • Tyler David Leblanc

  • Jack Ronald Levesque

  • Nicholas Alan MacMillan

  • Anna Rose March

  • Randy Joseph Marchand

  • Sophia Braga Martins

  • Teagan Jean McManus

  • Christopher Adam Merchant

  • Arriana Rafael Merousis

  • Tyler Lee Meunier

  • Vincent Gabriel Michaud-Cruz

  • Cole Alexander Miranda

  • Kathleen Rita Mott

  • Judah Mutungi Ndolo

  • Angel Luiz Panet

  • Dhruv J. Patel

  • Emily Faith Pawlikowski

  • Abby Lauren Peek

  • Joshua Daniel Polonia

  • Yuri Santos Portes

  • Andre Mark Quinones

  • Logan Joseph Richard

  • Xavier Jonielle Rojas

  • Elizabeth Tuesday Sawyer

  • Gianna Marie Scola

  • Sean Christopher Sheldon

  • Sahil Singh

  • Jack Jamison Skowronski

  • Kayla Marie Smith

  • Gavin Shea Strom

  • Jeffrey Michael Thieme

  • Zoe Anne Vanderpuye

  • Emily Amanda Villatoro

  • Javon Vyas

  • Lucas Kashiwagi Weston

  • Timothy Wesley Young

This article originally appeared on Gardner News: Gardner High School graduation class of 2023 Mackinsey Leblanc